Christopher Plummer movie quotes

View Quote Chang: Well, most kind. "Parting is such sweet sorrow," hmm, Captain? "Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?" [From Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, and Henry IV, Part II, Act 3, Scene 2 (paraphrased), respectively.]

View Quote Chang: Oh, now, be honest, Captain... warrior to warrior...you do prefer it this way, don't you? As it was meant to be. No peace in our time. Once more unto the breach...dear friends. [From Neville Chamberlain's famous speech after the signing of the Munich Agreement, and Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1, respectively.]

View Quote Chang: Our revels now are ended, Kirk. Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! [From The Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1, and Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1, respectively.]

View Quote Qu'est-ce que c'est? A little immigrant. Now they are coming by bottle.

View Quote This is just an island at the doorway where I, Henri Le Pigeon, am putting up my Statue of Liberty.

View Quote Now, are you ready to go and find your family?

View Quote [to Carl, laughing] You came here in that? In a house? A floating house? *[laughs] That is the darnedest thing I've ever seen! You're not after my bird, are you? But if you need to borrow a cup of sugar, I'd happy to oblige.

View Quote Get away from my bird! [smashes lantern, starting fire]

View Quote Ready there? Take down your house!

View Quote "Mike"? Try "Mr. Wallace." We work in the same corporation, doesn't mean we work in the same profession. What are you gonna do now? You gonna finesse me? Lawyer me some more? I've been in this profession fifty **** years. You and the people you work for are destroying the most-respected, the highest-rated, the most-profitable show on this network!

View Quote Fame has a fifteen minute half-life. Infamy lasts a little longer.

View Quote Will you tell him that when I conduct an interview, I sit anywhere I damn please!

View Quote Now, tomorrow night's performance. Remember, stay ahead of them. Keep the mystery, always the mystery. Excess within control. Sleep well, McKenna.

View Quote Do you actually believe that I have nurtured her, cared for her, molded, taught, developed her for all these years merely to groom a wife?! A star. Only someone with the limit awareness of your age could possibly conceive that my entire passion for this woman is no more than physical! Are you incapable of understanding that she has it within herself to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest actress of her generation?

View Quote Elise McKenna: Have you been waiting all this time for our return?
William Fawcett Robinson: This is hardly the time to discuss, McKenna.
Elise McKenna: Have you?
William Fawcett Robinson: Yes. Does that surprise you?
Elise McKenna: Our relationship is strictly business.
William Fawcett Robinson: Strictly business?
Elise McKenna: I'm involved with you as an actress, Mr. Robinson, not a doormat. Do not attempt to wipe your boots on me. Richard, I shall leave a ticket for you at the theater door.
[Richard leaves her room]

View Quote Dr. Rosen: Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?

View Quote Dr. Rosen: [to Alicia] John has schizophrenia, people with this disease are often paranoid.

View Quote Dr. Rosen: You can't reason your way out of this!
John: Why not? Why can't I?
Dr. Rosen: Because your mind is where your problem is in the first place!

View Quote You know as well as I do that the light in Barcelona is quite different from the light in Tokyo. And, the light in Tokyo is different from that in Prague. A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature. He must be captivated by the light. Always the light. Always.

View Quote Simon Wyler: Where's your brother?
Alex Wyler: I sent him away. He wasn't feeling well. You know how he is, he worries.
Simon Wyler: Yeah, I know. He gets that from your mother, I'm afraid. She always worried too much.
Alex Wyler: What are you looking at? [looks at architectural plans]
Simon Wyler: Hmm? Oh, yeah, here, take a gander. It's a proposal for a museum.
Alex Wyler: Who is it?
Simon Wyler: Someone new.
Alex Wyler: Oh, I like the walkways, where the light falls. What are the materials?
Simon Wyler: Granite. Aluminum.
Alex Wyler: White panels are straight out of Meier... but the interior color coming through the front windows, that's different. It's not new, but it's clean, uncluttered. I like it.
Simon Wyler: When was the last time you were in Barcelona?
Alex Wyler: Years ago, with you, Mom and Henry.
Simon Wyler: Do you remember visiting Casa de la Caritat?
Alex Wyler: The almshouse.
Simon Wyler: That's right. You mentioned Meier. His Barcelona museum stands in the same area as Casa de la Caritat. It drinks the same light. Meier designed a series of louvered skylights to capture that light and cast it inward to illuminate the art within, but indirectly. And, that was important, because although light enhances art, it can also degrade it. But, you know all that already, you son of a gun. Now, this... where do you suppose this is to be built?
Alex Wyler: I have no idea.
Simon Wyler: Oh, but you said you liked it.
Alex Wyler: Conceptually.
Simon Wyler: Now, come on. You know as well as I do that the light in Barcelona is quite different from the light in Tokyo. And, the light in Tokyo is different from that in Prague. A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature. He must be captivated by the light. Always the light. Always.